PADI Adaptive Support Diver

Increase your awareness of divers’ varying abilities, and explore adaptive techniques to apply while diving or free diving with a buddy with a disability.

Do you want to learn how to best support a dive buddy who has a physical or mental challenge? The PADI® Adaptive Support Diver course will increase your awareness of divers’ varying abilities, and explores adaptive techniques to apply while diving or free diving with a buddy with a disability.

What the Course Entails

Through knowledge development and two diving workshops - one in confined water and one in open water - you’ll learn useful techniques that will increase your ability to become a better dive partner to a diver with a disability. You’ll gain insight and practical experience as you learn about: 1. Becoming more aware and mindful of individual considerations when diving with people with disabilities. 2. Adaptive techniques that can be applied while diving with buddies with mental and/or physical challenges.

Course Duration: 0 Days

Course Pre-requisites

PADI Open Water Diver or PADI Free diver or higher. 15 years of age. . Emergency First Response Primary & Secondary Care course completed within 24 months. It is recommended that Peak Performance Buoyancy is completed to hone your buoyancy & trim skills prior to becoming and Adaptive Support Diver.

Course Flow

PADI Open Water Divers or PADI Free divers who are at least 15 years old and have completed the EFR Primary and Secondary Care course within 24 months are eligible to take the PADI Adaptive Support Diver course. It is also recommended that you complete the PADI Peak Performance Buoyancy course beforehand so that you have better awareness of trim.

How Can I Get Started?

Visit your local PADI Dive Centre or Resort to enrol in the course and schedule the first class session with your PADI Instructor.

What is the next adventure?

As the PADI Adaptive Support Diver is a standardized course it may be used towards PADI Advanced Open Water and Master Scuba Diver ratings.